Within a few miles of our home a stand of yellow birch trees has been found. Apparently, these sneaky trees have been hiding out in the area since before Beethoven presented his famous Ninth Symphony. To many in the mid west or southern Ontario, these trees are no big deal. Around here they are. The wood of the white birch ...read more.
The weather here is unpredictable except when it comes to our opening. While our weather forecasters try to tell us that temperatures will be 1 degree warmer in 50 years, they have a dismal record of predicting 24 hours in advance.
I can forecast however with remarkable accuracy that our first day of the season will be lousy weather. ...read more.
One of my buddies was returning home from Ignace to Thunder Bay and saw a bear feasting on a moose carcass. The moose was obviously long dead, probably victim of a highway drive by. Many moose meet a terminal fate when they try to share the road with vehicles.
The rule of the wild is that nothing goes to ...read more.
So, finally our government has come to the conclusion that potatoes are not really a threat to Canada’s National security.
I have been notified by NOTO (our Tourist Outfitters’ Association) that this summer our American guests will not have to leave their potatoes at the border nor register them when they come to fish in Canada.
Here ...read more.
Early last week, I was chatting with my buddy Donnie about his job. Donnie used to own Castle Baits in Ignace and many of our long time guests know him and have purchased minnows from him in the past. Donnie no longer retails bait but he still wholesales to other retailers. Amazingly minnows and leeches don’t just appear in those ...read more.
In the spring we look forward to signs which indicate our season is about to begin.
Ice out, the return of squawking seagulls, the lonely cry of the loon, long work days, aircraft at the dock and the list goes on. The surest sign we are about to venture into another season is the return of John and his ...read more.
Society has a funny way of thinking.
We consider sitting at a computer, often anonymously, typing away to folks we wouldn’t invite to our homes for dinner – networking. Or we call having hundreds of `friends` most of whom we wouldn’t know if we met on the street, networking. We also use the term for wearing our thumbs out ...read more.
It seems that the eco friendly thing to do these days is to be a friend of the environment. Even though I do eat the occasional granola myself and I have seen more than a few rugged individuals grab a tree while sliding down a wet slope to the lake, I really don’t have much use for tree hugging granola ...read more.